Clothes hanger



July 17, 1951 BELEFANT 2,561,045

CLOTHES HANGER Filed 001',- 5; 1946 IN'VENTOR flez amz'zz Belefmi.

ATTORNEY Patented July 17, 1951 2,561 ,0145

UNITED @iFFICE CLOTHES HANGER Benjamin Belefant, Bronx, N. Y., assignor of onehali to Carl E. Carlson, New York, N. Y.

Application October 3, 1946, Serial No. 700,911

2 Claims. (Cl. 22388) This invention relates to new and useful im- In Figure 4 is shown a still further modification provements in clothes hangers, and it has for of my invention to the efiect that the top porits object to provide a hanger that will accomtion 20 of the hanger is made of wood or any modate several pieces of garments, and which is suitable material, while the top portion of the easy to operate, durable in use, and which can 5 wire, as shown in Figure 1, has been omitted, and be manufactured at a very small cost. only the bent wire portions I 2 and I2 retained;

With the above and other objects in view, this said wire portions are carrying the members I3 invention consists of the novel features of conas hereinbefore described, leaving sufiicient clearstruction, combination and arrangements of ance at each end for manipulating said bars. parts, hereinafter fully described, claimed and 1 The bent wire portions I2 and I2 have prongs illustrated in the accompanying drawings form- 2|, shown in dotted lines, and inserted in coring part of this application, and in which similar responding apertures in the wooden frame 20, characters of reference indicate corresponding supporting said wire portions. parts in all views, and in which: The frame 20 is provided with book II.

Figure 1 is a side elevational view of one em-- The operation in this instance is the same, as bodiment of my invention. hereinbefore described.

Figure 2 is a somewhat perspective elevational It is obvious that changes may b d in the view with parts broken off, showing a slight modiform, Construction and rr eme t o t e fication in the pivotal attachment of the clothes ra parts, as h w with n the s p f th apsupporting members; while pended claims, without departing from the spirit Figure 3 is a section taken on the line 33 in O th invention, and I do therefore, Wish Figure 2. to limit myself to the exact construction shown ure 4 is an elevational view of a hanger, and described ere showing a further modification of my device; at I claim as new, and desire to secure by while Letters Patent of the United States, is:

Figure 5 is a detail view of a bend supporting A clothes hanger consisting f a on pie the clothes carrying members, wire having a curved top portion, and an up- Rcferring more particularly to the drawings, Wardly eXtenfling h forming P Of sa W I 0 indicates one piece of wire of substantial and being centra y ca d W t e p c 0 the stiffness, bent upon itself to form a coat or gar- 0 Cu ved top po t o f ur eet u rly shap ment hanger; said wire is provided with a hookbends arranged, two on each side at the lower like portion II adapted to engage one of the usual ends of the curved top portion, a bar pivotally means (not shown) found in a closet provided for mounted upon the vertical portion of each of said clothes. Said wire is at each end formed with rectangular bends at one side of said hanger, bent portions I2 and I2. Members I3 made of 5 each of said bars being adapted to detachably enwood or any suitable material are pivotally hinged gage the oppositely arranged and correspondingupon one of said bent portions I2, as shown at ly shaped rectangular bend, whereby to facilitate I4, before the wire is closed or assembled as at the hanging of clothes upon said bars. 2. In a device, as claimed in claim 1, and Where- Said members I3 are, as shown in Figure 1, 40 in a member is bent around each of said bars spaced apart in order to permit the hanging of upon one side of the hanger, and pivotally secured a garment such as a pair of trousers upon each to the vertical portion of the respective recof these. tangular bend.

In placing said garments on the members I3, BENJAMIN BELEFANT. these are swung out, as shown in dotted lines at I6 and II, during which manipulations the non- REFERENCES CITED secured ends of the members I3 become disengaged from the bent wire portion I2. After thus placing the garments on the members I 3, the free The following references are of record in the file of this patent:

ends of these are again moved back in their UNITED STATES PATENTS support I2. Number Name Date Instead of pivotally arranging the bars I3, as 1,363,343 R th l F b, 15, 1921 above described, said bars may at one end there- 1,895,695 White Jan. 31, 1933 of be provided with a thin metal plate or lug I8; this plate is disposed around the bar l3 after the FOREIGN PATENTS bent wire portion I2 has been inserted therebe- Number Country Date tween, as shown at I9, thus providing a pivotal 471,633 Great Britain Sept. 8, 1937 joint between the wire and said member. 

